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At 7:36pm on September 19, 2007, Val D. Greenwood said…: I found a newsletter that I just subscribed to on "Author's Den." It looks like it is the right one because it does have an "Authors. Successes" column. Is that the right place--or should I look elsewhere? :-)

Thanks for your kind words and your willingness to assist in so many ways.

Val Greenwood

http://newviewoldtestament.com

At 9:02pm on September 18, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: That is really fantastic, Val. Well deserved. I know a couple of winning authors, including YOU, a new Ning friend. (-: Are you a subscriber to my Sharing with Writers newsletter? If so, this qualifies for a mention in the "Authors Successes" column. Let me know. (-:
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 8:08pm on September 18, 2007, Val D. Greenwood said…: Hi, Carolyn.

I thought you might be interested to know that HOW OFTEN WOULD I HAVE GATHERED YOU was given the "Our History--Our Heritage Publication Award" (Golden Quill) last Saturday by the League of Utah Writers (LUW) at their annual "Roundup" in St. George. The category was, or course religious nonfiction. I am very pleased and honored for this recognition.

Val :-)

At 5:14pm on September 16, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: Kathleen, how great to hear from you. You may remember I have requested your handy Gorham books to pass out in my UCLA classes. If you would like to send more, I have a heavy fall coming up including a panel at the West Hollywood fair on publishing per se. It is Sept. 3. If not your booklets, then maybe brochures? And, as a publisher, I bet you would love it if your authors would turn in even better edited manuscripts. Maybe you'd like a copy of The Frugal Editor -- newly released! -- so you can decide if you'd like to recommend it in your next run of the booklet or on your website?
Again, thank you for all your support.
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
www.HowToDoItFrugally.com

PS: Remember the Las Vegas Writers Conference? That's where we met. (-:

At 11:47am on September 16, 2007, Kathleen Shaputis said…: Another great outlet to let authors know about your books! You know I encourage my Gorham Printing customers to get their copies and mark them up. I should hand out highlight markers with your web site on it.

Kathleen
author/presenter/ghostwriter
Olympia, WA

At 8:55pm on September 13, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: In Maine during Ramadan? Mmmmm. Kind of like living in Utah during Lent. Or Ramadan or Rosh Hashannah maybe? You can tell I write about living as a minority which entails tolerance or the lack of it. (-:

Thank you for the observation on my blurb. I write my how-to books in a very untexty style. It keeps my UCLA students reading and others as well. Most of us had our fill of dry textbooks by the sixth grade.

Thanks for keeping in touch.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 3:49am on September 13, 2007, Charlotte McPherson said…: I really like what Silverman said about your writing: "Howard-Johnson has the comforting tone of a mentor and writes with the precision of a surgeon." ~ What a great comment. Look forward to being in touch.

If you have time read my article today on what it is like for foreigners to be living in ME during Ramadan.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarAd.do?kn=68

At 8:14pm on September 12, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: No entry form, Val. Just e-mail me at hojonews@aol.com and I'll give you my address. You include all the vitals and try to get it to me under deadline of Sept. 15. (-:

Have fun in Utah.

Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 11:04am on September 12, 2007, Val D. Greenwood said…: Thanks, Carolyn. I appreciate your information. WRT Irreantum, I am familiar. I am a member of the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) and receive the magazine. I submitted my book to AML for review and received an excellent review by Jeffrey Needle (the best and most comprehensive review my book has had. You can read it on Amazon.com., if you are interested.

I will send a book for your your book awards; all I need is an address.

Is there an entry form of some kind that I need to submit? Also, is there anything else that I need to send? What is the deadline?

I will be in St. George this weekend for the League of Utah Writers annual roundup.

Best regards,
Val
newviewoldtestament.com

At 3:24pm on September 4, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: I know, Val. I am in the process of doing a new edition. But thank you for the comment. It will be a little boot to get me moving faster!

As for the Noble award, it may be worth a try. It is mostly for fiction but I already have a special place for nonfiction mentions going this year. Also, there is no reading fee (yet!) so it is only the cost of a book. Why not?

BTW, have you submitted to Irreantum for a review? You probably know this journal associated with the AML but if not, I'll give you more info.

Yes, my books are still going well. Thank you for caring. I'd love it if you'd help spread the word. The Frugal Editor just started shipping at Amazon. I'm pretty excited. (-:

My best to you.
Carolyn
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 2:27pm on September 4, 2007, Val D. Greenwood said…: Hi again to my fellow Utah native.

I really appreciate the help you gave me through your book, THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER. I got a lot of great insight from it. The frustrating thing to me was that so many of the websites you listed as sources of help are no longer active---but that is not your fault. It's just that stuff like that gets outdated quickly.
the principles you taught are still good ones.

I am wondering about your Noble Book Awards. Would my book fit into any of your categories? As you know it is a collection of Old Testament stories (229 of them) written for adult and young adult Latter-day Saints. Tell me what you think. Is this something that would be worth my while?

I sent an e-mail to your friend Mary Emma Allen. She replies saying that she had received my message and promised to get back to me, but it apparently it dropped through the cracks. That was more than a month ago.

Hope all is going well for you and that your books are selling like crazy.

Best,
Val Greenwood
newviewoldtestament.com

At 5:59pm on August 11, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: We'll have to trade ideas on how to best use this. Maybe we should go to John Kremer's page. Maybe he has tips there. (-:

Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 11:38pm on August 10, 2007, Author & Book Promotions said…: Hi Carolyn,

I'm not so surprised you were already sign up. Thanks for accepting my friend request and for sending me a note on my page. I'll be sure to keep in touch.

At 7:25pm on July 28, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: Sure, I'll pop over. Hope you have some choices. I'ts kind of hard to name a book without having read it! (-:

Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Award-winning author of the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for authors
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 8:57pm on July 25, 2007, david b mclaughlin said…: Please help me name my book (if you have not already)!

Vote here:
http://fortyblog.blogspot.com

Thanks in advance,
David B. McLaughlin
http://www.davidbmclaughlin.com

At 9:46pm on July 23, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: I figured it was, but it was like, Oh, wow! Bet her fans love that look and don't forget her! It seems I always have my promotion hat on. Well, not always. But it's pretty well attached. (-:

Best,
Carolyn H0ward-Johnson
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 7:22pm on July 23, 2007, Kathryne Kennedy said…: It's just a coincidence...but that's great to hear. I'll take all the help I can get.:}
Warmly,
Kathryne

At 4:17pm on July 22, 2007, Revvell said…: Thank you for passing on the podcast URL to your friends!!! Truly appreciate it! Let me see what I can do for you as well.

Revvell

At 9:51pm on July 21, 2007, Val D. Greenwood said…: I agree, Carolyn. I think that they could have utilized author assistance much better than they did (and still do). They did get good publicity in national TV and in Time Magazine during the Alex Haley era. You can imagine what a great help that was.
Best,
Val

At 4:45pm on July 21, 2007, Revvell said…: Hi Carolyn,

Smoozies are my husband's name for the green smoothies ~ those with greens added. Victoria Boutenko, in her research found that many people were having health problems because they didn't have enough greens in their food programs. One of the easiest ways to add greens is in fruit smoothies. You can listen to my interview with Victoria here: http://www.bigmediausa.com/archive.asp?aid=9506. Please enjoy! Revvell